On last week’s episode of Taste Matters, JBF’s Mitchell Davis was joined by Claude Fischler, a French social scientist and the director of research at the French National Centre for Scientific Research in Paris, to discuss the relationship between food and society. Mitchell and Claude explored the social function of the family meal, how food-focused television has changed perceptions about cooking, the psychology behind dietary requirements, and how religion permeates attitudes about food. To learn more about Claude Fischler’s anthropological insights, listen here.

Taste Matters is a radio program dedicated to taste: as a sense, cultural construct, and culinary phenomenon. However much we talk about where our food comes from, how it’s produced, who prepares it, or what sorts of socio-cultural-political implications our food choices and eating behaviors have, taste is fundamental.

You can catch Taste Matters with Mitchell Davis live every Wednesday at 11:00 A.M. on Heritage Radio Network, or listen to the show afterwards right here on our blog. To check out past episodes, click here. Stay tuned for more!